As I reflect on the June 12 National Honors List released today, I wish to humbly disagree with those who have reached out to me, protesting or complaining that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu “deliberately” missed out my name. Here are my observations: 1. It is the prerogative of every government to determine those it wishes…
Jesu Onokposa, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has passed away after a prolonged battle with an undisclosed illness. According to reports, Onokposa fell into a coma just days before his death, and despite efforts to revive him, he unfortunately did not survive. Onokposa was once a stalwart supporter of President Bola…
The nation is in mourning following the passing of Professor Jibril Aminu, a trailblazing intellectual, statesman, and former Minister of Education and Petroleum Resources. As a testament to his enduring legacy, Professor Aminu’s contributions to Nigeria’s development will forever be etched in the annals of history. During his tenure as Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor…
Cows and rams on sales, as Muslims prepare for the celebration of Eid-El-Kabir, at the Kara cattle market, Isheri, Ogun State… on Thursday. Photo: Stanley Ogidi Saudi Arabia has announced the sighting of the crescent moon marking the start of Dhul Hijjah, the 12th and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. According to the…
A branch of Access Bank in Abuja was reportedly sealed by officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on May 26, 2025, as part of a sweeping enforcement exercise targeting 4,794 properties revoked for non-payment of ground rent, some spanning 10 to 43 years. Though the property occupied by Access Bank is officially allocated…
President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday transmitted three letters to the National Assembly requesting legislative approval for a new external borrowing plan amounting to over $21.5 billion, and a domestic bond issuance of ₦757.9 billion to settle outstanding national pension liabilities. Tinubu made these requests in three separate letters transmitted to the National…
Four Nigerian stowaways were rescued on the Atlantic Ocean after being thrown overboard by the crew of a foreign vessel. The young men, seeking to escape Nigeria’s economic challenges, had boarded the ship in secret with hopes of reaching foreign shores. The crew of the vessel, upon discovering the stowaways, allegedly responded with violence, casting…
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Mrs Eunice Bright Ekwok, who accused an Abuja-based medical doctor of stealing one of her twins during birth in his hospital, has said the doctor had initially admitted to the crime secretly to her but begged her not to let the outside world know about it on the first day she…
The Nigeria Police Force Forty-three-year-old woman simply identified as Gift has been arrested by operatives of Nkpolu Police Division in Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, for chopping off the cap of her lover’s private part one Mr Sunday. The incident occurred at Bishop Okoye Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt on…
In a shocking turn of events, Covenant University has been accused of treating its former employees with utter disregard, leaving them to suffer financially and emotionally. One former employee, Professor Joseph Olugbuyiro, recently passed away after being terminated from his position in September 2024, along with others, citing the need to reduce the wage bill….
